Bronte Pearl can get back early behind the speed and really make her presence felt along the paint.
The daughter of Flying Ricciardo is three-from-five over this track and distance, her best coming in a handy time of 18.25 seconds – far and away the fastest among her rivals.
Johnny Red doesn’t win out of turn but he should be afforded a nice cart into the race from the middle box.
His four-length win over shorter here at Richmond three runs back was a solid piece of work, and he should be fitter now for two recent attempts over 400m.
Looks likely to settle close to the tail and save something for the finish.
Zipping Messi has put together four solid wins in a row and there’s nothing to suggest he can’t make it a fifth.
As we saw last week, he’s capable of winning from out wide and is most likely to ping the lids early and look to lead.
Loco Express has won on eight occasions over the 320m trip here at Richmond, a tough record to match.
His latest came last Monday when he drew 3.3 lengths clear to win in a tidy time of 18.41 seconds.
A versatile runner capable of getting back or making his presence felt on the speed, this doesn’t look much tougher if he can settle handy and save his best for late.